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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wichita, KS

April 2, 1997Russell County, Kansas

NWS Wichita, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 4:38 PM CST for Russell County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 1997, 4:38 PM CST (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1997, 5:25 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Wichita, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Russell County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 4:45 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 52Russell, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1997-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1997-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 300 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KICT 022242 RRA
SVRICT
KSC167-022325-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
438 PM CST WED APR 2 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN RUSSELL COUNTY - CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 525 PM CST
 
* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED
    RUSSELL
    LURAY

* AT 438 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF
  RUSSELL MOVING NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER.  IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO AN INDOOR SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.


KIRKWOOD

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.